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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans have been submitted for the "complete reconfiguration" of Queen's Hospital's A&E department in Romford, including a new entrance and refurbishment works.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) has put forward its plans for the refurbishment of the emergency department, aimed to "improve patient and staff experience".
A key part of the proposals is a new main entrance for the A&E, created via an infill extension outside the current maternity ward.
This is planned to be the main emergency access point, serving both the emergency and maternity departments, as well as housing the children's emergency waiting, triage and reception area.
However, the existing ambulance entrance will be kept the same.
According to the design and access statement, this new entrance is designed to "accommodate projected increases in patient numbers and streamline arrival processes".
Inside the A&E, a "sizable amount of works" will then improve wayfinding throughout the building and streamline patient flow through the wards.
In the design and access statement, agent Hunters said: "Queen's Hospital emergency department requires complete reconfiguration to ensure that the clinical pathways for patients arriving by ambulance, or self-presenting as "walk ins" are optimised.
"This in turn will ensure that the space available is suitable for patients and staff and is able to flex for the population demand and growth both now and in the future."
A new rooftop plant and an enclosure is also proposed on top of the A&E in order to "support the upgraded clinical environment".
BHRUT has been campaigning for funding to improve the layout and expand the capacity of Queen's A&E since January 2025, gaining the backing of a number of MPs, including Dagenham and Rainham MP Margaret Mullane and Romford MP Andrew Rosindell.
The initial plans were presented to the trust's board of directors in March, when the hospital had its busiest month on record - with more than 31,000 people attending A&E.
BHRUT chief executive Matthew Trainer previously told this paper: "I am confident – in this the year Queen’s turns 20 – that we will receive the £35m needed to rebuild the A&E.
"The transformation of an overcrowded department that was designed for 325 patients a day will make it fit for purpose and eradicate corridor care."
Havering Council is expected to make a decision on the refurbishment plans by July 31.
